FS>> I've been following national politics since FDR's first   
    FS>> election.  I think the current Congress is the worst I've   
    FS>> ever seen WRT inaction.   
      
   BK>>  True. It's deliberate, though. Boehner thinks if he can push it   
   BK>> close enough to the "due date" Obama will cave and give Boehner   
   BK>> every thing he wants.   
      
    RW> I happen to agree.  Our political leaders used to   
    RW> understand compromise is how things get done, but the   
    RW> ideologues are driving the bus now.  Screw compromise, our   
      
    Just read, some conservative groups are trying to oust Boehner   
    as speaker. They consider him a failure. That's how Gingrich   
    lost the job, lost seats in the mid-term elections, even though   
    they didn't lose the house.   
      
    RW> way or no way. I want to see them push it over the edge, I   
    RW> know, real average folks are gonna get hurt, but let's   
    RW> really show average folks in this country what these   
    RW> disgusting creatures are doing to them.   
      
    They are way too good at pointing the finger, that has been   
    their real talent in the last few years. They commit the crime   
    then frame the opposition.   
      
    RW> Not just will welfare recipients not get their checks, but   
    RW> neither will soldiers and sailors, nor will cops and   
    RW> firemen in many cases. Bring it all to a screeching halt   
    RW> and let these ideologues see what they've wrought.  LEt's   
    RW> just see how long folks can go without the politicos   
    RW> figuring out that some give and take is necessary, and   
    RW> discussing it reasonably.   
      
    Unfortunately, even a portion of the right wing demands would   
    do serious damage to this country.   
      
    RW> I said it when we came close to one of those shutdowns in   
    RW> the '90's.  I'll say it again every time this comes to a   
    RW> head.  LEt's let 'em go all the way with my way or no way.   
    RW> Maybe they'll learn something, but then, maybe not.  Maybe   
      
    Clinton beat them at that game. Obama might. If he lets the tax   
    cuts expire, then tells the world the republicans are   
    responsible for the next step, he might just pull it off.   
      
    He can tell the working class, you can have your tax cuts back   
    as soon as the republicans chose to give them to you.   
      
    RW> the sheeple won't bring enough pressure on them to make   
    RW> them figure out what it's really about.  That is until they   
    RW> cut off the cable tv.   
      
    RW> Sign me tired of the politics of "screw you, you're not one   
    RW> of us!"   
      
    Oh so very tired of the BS.   
      
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
   ... Hey, there's a Martian war machine parked outside.   
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